jackyalcine

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by jackyalcine 18d ago
Useful feedback (sans the soft insulting, lol) and I can update my resume accordingly
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by jackyalcine 18d ago
> According to their own resume, their first stint as a software engineer was in 2019. I've been told to drop my earlier roles at Shutterstock because it was "too old" and "too short". > It's giving main
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by jackyalcine 18d ago
I can assure you it is not. Are you a licensed professional in the mental health space to be saying something like this?
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by jackyalcine 2mo ago
This is part of the reason why I stopped heavily engaging with ActivityPub. It's not everyone because I know the team of folks who make apps for the space but it's engagement like this who convinced me to write https://
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by jackyalcine 4mo ago
Location: Sarasota, FL Remote: Ideally Willing to relocate: Yeah. Technologies: Rust, CSS, HTML, Postgres + SQLite, React + Svelte, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python + Rust, and the AWS Cloud. Resume/CV: https://www.jacky.w
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Clipping Parts of Videos from Plex(git.sr.ht)
4 points by jackyalcine 6mo ago|0 comments
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by jackyalcine 9mo ago
Tech: 1. Releasing a solo product. 2. Writing more about code and the intersections of the field in history and world events. 3. Trying to do more talks. Not-tech: 1. PR like there's no tomorrow. 2. Run two half marathons. 3. Move out
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by jackyalcine 11mo ago
Those are the words of Meredith Whittaker from https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/origin-stories-plantatio... , not mine! That said, I do recommend reading that piece because it does make that connection a lot more cle
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Can a leftist position on the use of generative AI be materially held?(jacky.wtf)
4 points by jackyalcine 11mo ago|4 comments
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
I'll link something I wrote on LinkedIn and quote part of it here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jacky-alcine_private-governme... > Much of the time, the entire economy operates in periods of substantial hasht
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
Nixed that, thanks! I've been open to anything and the golden handcuffs have been released, so it's been fun. Right now, I'm focusing on helping other tech folks get organized (and folks outside of industry). I've spent
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
People tend to be selective in order to make their point. It makes it easier to not have to defend their stance (not saying that's the case here, but it's something I've routinely seen).
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
> i think this is expecting to much from corporate america. I'll push back on this by adding something from the book, Private Government by Elizabeth Anderson: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/97
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
> I remember early 2000s and if you asked anyone who was a good hacker if they want to join IBM they would laugh in your face. That culture needs to return. Where is the Napster of this era? That would give people the fulfillment they wa
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
I appreciate that (and def let me know if there's any part that's confusing and needs expansion)
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
You should click through some of the links I've included, like https://dyingforaniphone.com/ and see how much money Apple pushes to hide how each of its innovations leads to corruption and straight-up sweat shop behavi
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
Yeah. I only hesitate when we see people more eager to use things to exacerbate the harms of the world using technology. It sucks because we, as an industry, seem to only focus on the history of business gains and not on the sociological im
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
That's how I responded when Lyft gave me stock options. You saw how that went down.
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
It's funny you mention this. I did door-to-door sales for a bit and that's what provoked this post. I worked tech to get a check but the _mentality_ of folks outside of tech and in (which I imagine is the same gap that folks in fi
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Do I Regret Being 'Just' a Software Engineer?(jacky.wtf)
74 points by jackyalcine 2y ago|54 comments
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by jackyalcine 2y ago
This seems like a good article for folks who don't know (which is still a lot - people think that getting into tech is a sure way to get rich and not be routinely abused by a neocolonial industry)!